Smyrna times., 1887-11-23
AN ARYAN STUDENT.

A.
d pursuing theC studies under the shadow,
Oh the great Himalayas, were summoned
2 by their teacher, a deeply read priest n
u overlook the dOings of a company n
DaryaS or slaves, who were erecting 3
curious stone temple in honor of some
% potentate. The erudite instructor badf
them observe the def way in which these
S artlsans handed their flint hammers in
h cutting and shaping their material and
= the skill they displayed in ftting Their
/, olOcRS together into q growing whole
most exquisite in its symmetry and beautv
, Then he turned him about and looked
;, down. Suddenly his eyes sparkled with
l. the light OF a strange discovery, which. in
= another instant, had fascinated the oaza
Of every member of his class.
IL was living toad, an actual sentipnt
thlng, that had lain imbedded in fine
heart OF great bowlder the picks had
just cloven, why, ever since the world
p was made! Yes, alivel At first it Law
perfectly still, but presently it uuiyered
as though its delicate epidermis at this
nIsU contact with the atmosphere suffered
q spasm of establishment. but the mora ~
quivered the more it seemed to ro1I,- it'
forces, until after a tedious series of rom
VuisIve squirmings it succeeded in mus-
tenng sufficient energy to hop out of its
cell, and presently to open pair of bright
eyes and spy about itself where it now
squaJIed under the shadow of a mass of
plleu up rocks, Did its amazement hear
comparison with that of the student look
ers on?
ITS miracler' calculated one. the
tallest and fairest skinned of the whole
group. 1t CHANGED that he had witnessed
win MS own eyes, the cleaving of the
rock, and had looked on its imprisoned in
nuoiIahU at the very instant when the
| lIght first touched him. ooh. what IN mo
would be an experience like that! To die
10 De smut away, ages and ages, from the
tlme was born in-now-for instance 7
TO smut my eyes-and then TO wake nm
"hat VIII the world be, Oh, / wonder. rs
.ohg from this time forward as from now
DICK 10 when the rocks were being
Nheaded into shape and that creature pof
would"
so would l." shouted a soldierlv look
ing young fellow, throwing back his beod
US though bracing himself to FIGHT anv
universe circumstances that might stand |
p the way of his putting the thing |
rough Ihey say the world is grow |
''' wiser. ia like to pit my brains |
.uhsl those o OF a class of young fellows
",n' say, 1000 years hence"
And so would I miner' "And ~,
And IP' f'And IT. was echoed all
and. The two first speakers heinz
5 leaders it was fashionable IN follow
their fancies. - ioiio"
Good, was the comment of the priest
nc uttered his mOnOsyllable in deem
""esoIhe voice, and being parsonage Of
SI"'e presence and imposing dignity of
fearing, the students, as was their custom
an bowed their heads and reverentIv mt
themselves in listening attitudes while no
spoke on. nv
~ see it written In my book He
pointed with his staff to the creatures
pretty Wen bleached, but still distinctly
Lieu D@ck' "One among you is com
~ 1Ti''l''eu-one. The rod pOinted-mOved
mere wasn't young fellow of tbem oil
who didn't believe in his heart that yybot-
ever the appointment might be. if was cor
tam TO fall on him, and, for the most
part, every yOungster who had said and
= III MS lnmOst soul fervently wished he
1iuIl l. But they were brave Arvan
Jo!s' ana, one and all, they sturdflv held {
themselves composed while the next fate
Lul words found voice. Cone. anon,
nose here before me, VINO has been dedi7 {
'ated to that experience - T
But which one? {
Inc students looked at each other with 7
Vhlte faces. There were overwhelmed IF q
mem. The priest, without further Dre- :
urinary words, proceeded to gather mn
Wehty-threS pebble stones, on each Of 1
On ne scratched eabatistiG character. a
oHed, ne indicated from the living mace a
Which he again knelt down to strdy' L
heSe he solemnly distributed. if being a
Understood that a certain one bora the b
lyStlc mandate which appointed for ito G
NtWer far off mundane resurrection 10 {
Z obtained through entering Immediately L
lto mundane oblivion.
" the wild, shuddering heart beats TINT 81
reValled during that momentor1s die h
lDutiOnI 1t was Ono, the very ono who II
al preached such possibility. on whom 81
nc lot fell. Even his bold face biancbnJ 90
hcn he heard his own name called TIe n
as II Years DID, daring, naughty. self IN
iiled' put precociously intelligent younp Il
'uow, with mind forever on the aIerf I'll
u new discoveries, and for tracing ont 10
ic causes and meanings Of things. He. tn
IN All his healthy, throbbing pulses
nj his intense rigor Of life and tbo1gbt' by
lAvion for himS to
Inc word, however, had been said To m
a not finch, but silently, at the heck If ha
S instructor, placed himself in the fore in
ound and assumed prone position it
nc very pulses OF the lockers on seemed an
nave stopped their throbbings as thew pa
relied round their daring cIassmate in SCI
IS awfully fateful moment. so
How long, o priest, how long is IL that
must DC deadY' whispered one. in fine Loo
tense strain of the moment. f0rpetfnI pl.
en- OF the Unreasonable distance that Gle
J between his young existence and that sh
the mystic oracle. ne
Til lie is called, " was the stern an rat
'er, ''-- Al
The speaker directly turned his counte- no
iice win mighty intentness Of obser- ing
ton upon his youthful subject Onois rOI
CO met his. Presently he seemed to 500 i'm
pair Of human eyes, but. tbronob reT
en- The approaching vistas Of a strange DIES
-" world, opening out, radiant and lur- J
just before him. He said-yvas that at
nself? Himself-and clothed in n oar ten
mt woven from threads made I'D of oll WO
? memories Of his life, some pure wbite TO
row they softened and beautided the In
ole! Would there were more If but
'mP' was his reflection. Some CLEANED the
angry red. o that he could tear them not
T.! II he had only withheld them from poV
'IinS IN! Some were changeable-rec. upC
is Of deceits. Ono looked at them and Of
J whole soul vibrated under o blush of des
anne No hue, however, either I'm vvorn the
wool had as yet, he said. become in rev
1Dle. Here and there, too. n vicions con
'ead was seen to be fading under fbe fort
Might OF unselfsh affections and brave resi-
leaYor, That was sweet to know thei
e.sently all melted into indistinctness N
ing place to deleiously resUful con. thr,
business of peace. the,
nat was the moment when, to the The
y OF the horror stricken lockers on. fiicl
III bold young associate. the very pride the
! idoi OF the class, yielded up his life thrC
one dared speak. It was treason IN viii
sstion the right Of this potential ruler Of +
direct their destinies, to disDose ~ will
NJ lives, even according as he wiIled mag
re lhan treason. This being was nos ence
seq Of superhuman capabilities. He wer
simply smitten the boy, Ono, with \ ALT,
Never so much as o fingers tin had ever
ald upon his person. A look had Of
lpelled his life to depart out of. him. And
bent himself now, oYershadovino fbe In {
seless body with his gaunt person garn
lie his hands played a kind Of rhvtb, boyY
az movement in the air above it. AT Of a
9Th mute gesture announced TO the with
8, 1T IS finished" abIv
pom that n great wall rent the mir Al
noticed by the boys. and even bv fbe said.
st himself, so entirely did the work he and
III hand tax the forces Of his soul tbo he "